Edmunds.com Million Dollar Competition For Unintended Acceleration Res

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http://www.edmunds.com/industry-car-news/u...ompetition.html

"Hearings related to the Toyota recall are now over, but they haven't added much clarity about the cause of unintended acceleration. Edmunds.com is developing a plan to award one million dollars to researchers who address yet unanswered questions about unintended acceleration.

As Edmunds.com has previously disclosed, every car company has received complaints from consumers relating to vehicles that suffered unintended acceleration. Many incidents are not fully addressed by recalls. NHTSA is responding to the challenge with more of what they have already done: additional investigations. Isn't it time to try a different approach? We at Edmunds.com think so.

Edmunds.com is currently drafting rules for a new prize, attempting to attract the best thinkers in the world to apply themselves to determine what is really causing sudden unexpected acceleration in vehicles.

The rules, which will be announced shortly, will challenge participants to demonstrate in a controlled environment a repeatable factor that will cause an unmodified new vehicle to accelerate suddenly and unexpectedly.

Share your thoughts on unintended acceleration on Edmunds CarSpace forum: Unintended Acceleration – Find the Cause. "